How to test for a redirect with Rspec and Capybara

Question

I don\'t know what I\'m doing wrong, but every time I try to test for a redirect, I get this error: \"@request must be an ActionDispatch::Request\"

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Answer 1

The error message @request must be an ActionDispatch::Request tells you that rspec-rails matcher redirect_to (it delegates to Rails assert_redirected_to) expects it to be used in Rails functional tests (should mix in ActionController::TestCase). The code you posted looks like rspec-rails request spec. So redirect_to is not available.

Checking for redirect is not supported in rspec-rails request specs, but is supported in Rails integration tests.

Whether you should explicitly check for how redirect was made (that it is was a 301 response and not a 307 response and not some javascript) is completely up to you.